Barbara Ann Nicholson, beloved wife of Keith Nicholson, died in her home on October 26.

Barbara Ann Nicholson

She was a career bartender, as well as a co-author of guidebooks that featured the bars, restaurants, and streetcars of New Orleans. She was also a surrogate mother to unknown numbers of felines; her most recent adoptions were of Kitty Kat and Pretty Lil' Girl.